Post 9

Post-Production

Once we finished filming we looked over the raw footage to check we had no continuity issues and we had enough scenes and shots we started editing, to start of this process we firstly connected the camera to the editing suite and captured our film by watching it back over on the computer, we then created a table on Microsoft word called a logging rushes table with the INT and OUT code, the scene and shot numbers and how many takes this took us with a last column showing which scenes wouldbe used, this is our logging rushes table:

  

Once the group had finished logging the rushes we started to edit, we looked at the INT and OUT code and used the cutting tools in the current software to cut all the scenes in the right places to put it into a timeline. Our group did this till all of our clips were put together in a chronological order and ran without any continuity issues and without any 'actions' or 'cuts'.

As a group we then played the rough draft back through, to make sure it flowed correctly and where the shots had been cut together, the sound matched up to a certain extent. Once this had been completed and the clips had been put together, we then started to edit the sound, making sure all background noise was cut out and the sound wasnt too varied. To do this we used markers to highlight the noise that we wanted and putting these at the start and end of the highlighted piece of sound and moving the pitch up and down to the level we needed, we then played the clip we wanted back from a bit early on to make sure the sound flowed, we the carried this on throughout the whole piece. Here is an example of how we edited the sound:

 Once the video and sound had been completed and looked through several times by not only our group but the teacher and other students, to then finish the editing off we added effects, including the first shot fading in and the last shot fading out to create an effect and give the film and proper start and a proper end. Here is a couple of screenshots to show the effects used:

Finally to finish off the project we added in titles at the start and credits at the end, to make the film more professional. However as a group we feel we did'nt complete the editing to the best of our ability because as a group we wanted to add in the X factor theme tune at the start and some cheesy song at the end to finsh it off, this didnt happen because we occured a time issue where we were not able to use the editing suite.